. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ogs were all prepared, they were one by onedragged by the oxen to the place where the housewas to stand. There were a few settlers scattered along the 84 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED river, the nearest a mile away, and the men nowcame to help Mr. Harrington raise the newhouse. A raising, which was quite an event inthose days, meant putting up the walls of thehouse, and raising the rafters over them. Two logs were placed on the ground, notchedsides up, parallel, and as far apart as the house was to be , two logs wereplaced notchesdown, across the
. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ogs were all prepared, they were one by onedragged by the oxen to the place where the housewas to stand. There were a few settlers scattered along the 84 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED river, the nearest a mile away, and the men nowcame to help Mr. Harrington raise the newhouse. A raising, which was quite an event inthose days, meant putting up the walls of thehouse, and raising the rafters over them. Two logs were placed on the ground, notchedsides up, parallel, and as far apart as the house was to be , two logs wereplaced notchesdown, across theends of the firsttwo, so that thenotches fitted to-gether. This wasrepeated again andagain, until at last the walls were of the requiredheight. The gables were made by building theend walls higher than the side walls. The logswere laid one upon another, each being shorterthan the one just below it. The ends werecut slanting on the upper side, and the logswere fastened together by means of long woodenpins driven into auger holes. Now poles were. Fig. 30. — The Home of Wilber andAnnette. LIFE m A LOG HOUSE 85 raised above the walls, forming rafters, andwooden pins were used in these also. The raising was completed before dark, andas Mr. Harrington could do the remainder of thework without help, his kind neighbors, after ahearty supper, started homeward. We employcarpenters to build our houses, but the pioneers,you see, were their own house builders. ^When can we move into the house? askedMrs. Harrington the next morning. ^^ Just assoon as I can put the shakes on the roof,^ repliedher husband. The shakes were made by split-ting short sections of logs into thin were used as we use shingles now. The first night after moving in, the familywas obliged to sleep on the floor of rough boards,for there were no bedsteads. Mr. Harrington didnot go to a furniture dealer as we would do, butbuilt them himself. They could not be movedfrom place to place as yours can be, for they w
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